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Yet Another Study Proves Women Are Scared of Bicycles
This past week, The Atlantic published “An Explanation for the Gender Gap in Biking.” I, a bike novice, did not realize that anyone was even […]
Too Much Downton Abbey Is Bad For Your Manhood
What with the Beyoncé halftime extravaganza and the mysterious third-quarter blackout that lasted for half an hour, Sunday night’s Super Bowl was even longer than […]
If You Eat Raw Cookie Dough, You’ll Get Worms
When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me that if I ate raw cookie dough I would get worms. For years the […]
Study: Modern Parenting Is Ruining Your Kid’s Brain
“Life outcomes for American youth are worsening, especially in comparison to 50 years ago.” So claims this new study presented at the University of Notre […]
What’s So Great About Fairness Anyway?
In Against Fairness (released last fall), philosophy professor Stephen Asma suggests that bias—or the impulse to favor those closest to us over strangers—is a beneficial evolutionary […]
Men Can Breastfeed, But $150,000 Won’t Be Enough to Make Me Try
I was lying on the floor, trying to entertain both Jack and Eli simultaneously. We had arrived in Ohio a few days earlier to celebrate […]
Red-Light Cameras Increase Accidents
So says a New Jersey Department of Transportation report that looked at 24 intersections around the state, including ones in Deptford and Glassboro. While some […]
More Than Half of Adult Philadelphians Are Functionally Illiterate
In October, the San Francisco Federal Reserve released one of those papers that makes you realize you don’t entirely know what a federal reserve does. […]
Philly’s Cigarette Smoking Rates At Lowest Point in Recent History
Philadelphia, I’m so proud of you. Like me, you’re kicking the cigarette habit, and in greater numbers, too. According to new data released today, smoking […]
Hey Mom and Dad, Thanks for All the Pot
The first time my dad caught me smoking pot, I was mortified. A college sophomore at the time, I had just sparked a pipe out […]
If You Survive the Zombies, the Bacon Famine Will Kill You
Global finances, zombies, nukes—these are apocalypses I can deal with (in order: stockpile guns, non-perishables, and gold; join a multicultural band of Southern survivors led […]
Stinkbugs Emit Propaganda, Terror Across Philly Region
I finally figured out what the spotlights over the Parkway are for: to warn of the coming invasion of stinkbugs.
Penn Conference Explores Ecstasy, and Everyone’s Invited
Psychedelic drugs are making a comeback. No, not at Phish concerts (where they never left). They’re making a comeback in the medical world, where studies […]
Kids, Pot Is for Grown-Ups
Welp, the word is out and the jokes have been flying: If you smoke weed regularly as an adolescent, you’re going to be dumber later […]
Philly Is George McFly and the Nation’s List Editors Are Biff
It seems like every week there is a new list out of the top cities in America for something or other. I have done some […]